Aussies win series hands down

CHENNAI, AUGUST 2
Failing to put up any fight against a rampaging Australia A, India A suffered a 10-wicket loss in the second unofficial ‘Test’ to lose the two-match series.
Starting from their overnight score of 267 for six, the Cheteshwar Pujara-led side crashed to 274 all out as pace spearhead Gurinder Sandhu (4-76) got rid of the India A tail within the first half hour of the fourth and final day.
Sandhu turned on the heat after sending back Shreyas Gopal (0) and then picked up Varun Aaron (1) and Baba Aparajith (30) in his next couple of overs to flatten the hosts’ hopes of a revival. Left-arm spinner Steve O’Keefe picked the final wicket, of Shardul Thakur (4), to turn in with impressive figures of 4-88.
Needing 61 for a win, openers Cameron Bancroft (21 not out) and Usman Khawaja (41 not out) completed the formalities in quick time.
Apart from Sandhu and O’Keefe, who bagged five and six wickets, respectively, in the match, Bancroft was the star for the visitors with a crucial 150 in the first innings.
Brief scores: Australia A: 349 (Bancroft 150, Ferguson 54, Aparajith 5-86, Ojha 4-107) and 62 for 0 (Khawaja 41*) beat India A: 135 (Nair 50, Sandhu 3-25) and 274 (Mukund 59, Iyer 49, Sandhu 4-76, O’Keefe 4-88) by 10 wickets.
Unmukt named India A captain for tri-series
Delhi batsman Unmukt Chand has been appointed as India A captain for the upcoming ODI tri-series involving Australia A and South Africa A starting here on August 5.
Squads: India ‘A’ squad for tri-series: Unmukt Chand (capt), Mayank Agarwal, Manish Pandey, Karun Nair (vice-captain), Kedar Jadhav, Sanju Sanson, Axar Patel, Parvez Rasool, Karn Sharma, Dhawal Kulkarni, Sandeep Sharma, Rush Kalaria, Mandeep Singh, Gurkeerat Singh Mann, Rishi Dhawan. India ‘A’ squad for Tests: Ambati Rayudu (capt), Karun Nair, Abhinav Mukund, Ankush Bains, Shreyas Iyer, Baba Aparajith, Vijay Shankar, Jayant Yadav, Axar Patel, Karn Sharma, Abhimanyu Mithuin, Shradul Thakur, Ishwar Pandey, Sheldon Jackson, Jiwanjot Singh.